Canada-Sweden Olympic curling match erupts over cheating allegations
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Abusive insults were hurled at the Olympic curling match between Canada and Sweden on Friday following allegations of cheating.
Canada beat Sweden 8-6, with Canadian third Marc Kennedy and Swede Oskar Eriksson stepping in after Eriksson accused Kennedy of an illegal procedure called double-tapping the pieces after releasing them at the hog line.
Kennedy shouted at Eriksson, “I’ve never done that once. You can go away.”
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Canada’s Ben Hebert, Brad Jacobs and Brett Gallant compete against Sweden in the men’s curling tournament at the Milan Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic Games at the Cortina Curling Olympic Stadium in Cortina d’Ampezzo on February 13, 2026. (Tiziana Fabi/AFP)
Eriksson replied: “I’ll show you a video after the match. I’ll show you a video with two meters above the hog line.”
Both parties appealed to the authorities, but the result remained unchanged.
“At this point, the Swedish Olympic Committee will not be launching an investigation into the events during Friday’s match,” Swedish team leader Fredrik Lindberg said in a statement, according to The National Review.
POWER OUTAGE STOPPED AFTER THE MILANO CORTINA OLYMPICS CURLING COMPETITION STARTED THE MATCHES
Sweden’s Rasmus Wranaa (left) reacts next to Canada’s Ben Hebert during the men’s curling round during the Milan Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic Games at the Cortina Curling Olympic Stadium in Cortina d’Ampezzo on February 13, 2026. (Tiziana Fabi/AFP)
Kennedy responded to the allegations after the match.
“I have great respect for Oskar Eriksson,” he said. “He’s one of the best players to ever play. I just told him… I’ll never accuse you of cheating. I’ve been on the tour 25 years. He pulled a hog-line man on us to make sure we didn’t double-touch. The hog-line man was there for six hands, didn’t say anything, and he’s still talking about it in the ninth end.”
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Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic Games at the Cortina Curling Olympic Stadium in Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy, on February 4, 2026. (Carmen Mandato/Getty Images)
“I don’t like being accused of cheating, so I told him what I thought about it.”
According to World Curling policy, a stone moving beyond the pig line cannot be touched, but it is not an infringement for the bowler to double touch the stone in front of the line.
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